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Graeme Calls For Parking Charges At Ninewells Hospital To Be Suspended

In light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic Graeme Dey MSP has written to Saba, the private firm which operates the car parking facility at Ninewells Hospital, requesting that they do the right thing and suspend charges.

While the SNP scrapped parking charges at all NHS-run hospital car parks, charges remain in place at privately run car parks, including at Ninewells in Dundee.

Graeme said:

At this time of crisis, NHS staff are at the forefront of our collective response – many having to work longer hours at the same time as public transport is being discouraged and reduced.

With Ninewells being one of those hospitals where car parking charges are still in place, this presents a real concern for many constituents – both those NHS staff affected and the great many people who will be very sympathetic to their situation.

Accordingly, MSP colleagues and I are asking that any parking charges at hospitals be suspended for the duration of this crisis. This is a nationwide call for solidarity from companies like Saba – and an opportunity for Saba to do their bit to support those on the frontline.

Jeane Freeman, Cabinet Secretary for Health, has also demanded that the companies making these charges should support the national effort that is critical to addressing the challenges COVID-19 presents.

She said:

I am asking them urgently to do that now. But if profit matters more to them, then the Scottish Government will still act to support all our NHS staff.